Israel bans Cat Declawing | Care2 Causes

De-clawing and ear-cropping have been banned here in the UK for a very long time, and tail-docking was banned by the veterinary profession about 15 years ago, other than for medical reasons. There can *be* medical reasons: one of our cats developed a deformed claw as he aged, with the nail becoming progressively thicker and growing round in a circle, and if he hadn't died of old age he would probably have ended up having to have it removed; and I used to know a dog who had to have his tail taken off because an abscess at the root had damaged the nerve supply and the tail was flopping about uncontrollably, bashing against things and being damaged, and his human decided it would be more comfortable for him to have the tail off than to have to have his tail stuffed into a protective leather tube for the rest of his life. But one should never cut bits off animals just for huma...